News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How does IKEA come up with names for its products?. Parent comment

Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by ErikCorry on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:36PM (#49351432)
Could also be Vietnamese, they are big on diacritics.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by xigoi on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @04:53PM (#49352548)
Vietnamese can easily be recognized because most words are one syllable and the vowel may even have two diacritics stacked on top.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by decimalenough on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @05:18PM (#49352862)
Thanks to French, who came up with the current writing system.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? by DonaldFisk on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @06:11PM (#49353481)
A Portuguese Jesuit, actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Pina
[ Parent | on HN ]